Nothing is as satisfying as laying a good stock of timber. Friday I bought 1.1 m3 of Victorian Blackwood from the Otway Ranges, backing boards from a veneer mill. Most of it will be resawn into back, sides and tops for guitars, mandolins and ukule...

I mentioned on the other blog the old dog is back in harness. After four years of retirement, three days a week is perfect and I’m mixing with people I wouldn’t meet otherwise. I’m three months into a six month job with the opt...

This was the “Strum the Ukulele” display at the Creative Cultural Community”s presence at the recent Jobs Expo in Brisbane. The first month we built and decorated kit ukes for the Salvation Army. Now we build the instruments fro...

After four years of retirement I’m back in harness teaching ukulele making from scratch. Alvin teaches steel pan making. Jonathan (sitting at the front)teaches digital and Rodrigo plays guitar. We only work three days a week. This jobs fair ...

The slabs are dead quartered. I bought these mainly for building archtop guitars. Hoop pine is very strong and tough, enough so, I’m going to use it for back and sides on at least one archtop.
I broke the slabs down for handling ease.
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Welcome to Ljs a world wide community were there are great people,super projects and great woodworkers.Enjoy !Because I often get asked questions by new members I’ve included the answers to the most( FAQ) along with my welcoming message to LJs.You should know that posting questions or projects here (your profile page) will not get you very many responses’ just because it’s your profile page not part of a main forum. To post in a main forum read below.Want to know how to post something? See the drop-down box underneath my Lumberjocks in the upper right hand corner. Click on the arrow and select which type of posting you want to make (Project, Blog entry, Forum topic). This will take you to the appropriate page and you just fill in the form.Sending Private messages(PMs) to other membersClick on the word” home” next to the profile picture of the member you want to contact ,then click on “send message” http://lumberjocks.com/help/getting-startedNeed help with posting or other questions ?Contact: Martin SojKa ( LJs founder)http://lumberjocks.com/msojkaMs DebbieP AKA Debbie Pribele (Ljs community manager)http://lumberjocks.com/MsDebbiePJust for the record even though I have a large number of post I’m not involved with LJs management ,I’m just another member.

Thanks fellas, Mark, this is a sound file. Sorry about the recording and the playing. I had just figured that song out, I can play it better now. ” Pinball Machines ” Lonnie Irving. I’m tuned CGCG. I heard a vocal and clawhammer cover of ” Pinball Machine ” on the radio and my arm hair stood up! I couldn’t find the cover artist but I did find Lonnie.